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Fights among baboons

27 May 2016

Within baboon troops, complex group behaviour do exist. Fights among baboons within a group structure are quite common due to their dominance hierarchy, especially when lesser males challenge the dominant male. It is known that males and females form relationships, that we can refer to as friendships for security purposes against infanticide. When a new male takes over the ranking, infanticide sometimes takes place to shorten the time when he can mate with the females... (Become a subscriber for more)